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WHAT'S NEW?
Steve Miller Concert Film Tops the Charts The high-definition, 32-camera concert film, STEVE MILLER BAND: LIVE IN CHICAGO airs on PBS in Spring and Summer, during the broadcaster's fund-raising weeks (which vary from market to market--ranging from April 9 in Chicago to June 16 in Seattle and in Medford OR).
The concert came out on DVD on May 20, 2008. In its initial week, it topped the best-selling music and concert DVD lists for Amazon.com and Billboard. In its second week, it ranked #10 on the Billboard Top Music Video chart. At Amazon.com in week four it ranked #9 in Arena Rock album sales, #19 in Rock Concert DVDs and #20 in Pop Concert DVDs. Fully 92.3% of those reviewing it through June 25 at Amazon.com gave it five stars out of a possible five (with the remaining 7.7% rating it four stars).
Blue Rider provided financing for it and for concert films by Godsmack, Smashing Pumpkins and Nickelback to Coming Home Studios. Blue Rider founders Walter Josten and Jeff Geoffray serve as executive producers on all four films.
Miller is supporting the DVD with a 39-city summer tour.'Then She Found Me' Wins Awards, Grosses More Than $5.7 Million Worldwide Helen Hunt's directorial debut, "Then She Found Me," won the prestigious Audience Award at the 2008 Palm Springs International Film Festival. Then, at ShoWest 2008, Hunt was selected Breakthrough Director of the Year. It debuted in New York City theatres on April 25, in Israel on May 1, in Los Angeles on May 2; down in Australia on May 8 and in 12 other countries over the summer.
In its opening weekend (Apr. 25-27, 2008) in nine U.S. theatres, Then She Found Me grossed $72,594 for a very healthy per-screen average of $8,066. After 10 weeks in theatres (through 6/29) it had grossed $3,384,821 domestically, was still playing in 85 theatres and held a boxoffice ranking of #26.
Several critics gave it positive reviews [see Then She Found Me's project page]. Of the 1,084 users of The Internet Movie Database who had seen Then She Found Me, as of June 11, 2008, a whopping 76.9% gave it positive ratings and 18.5% rated it a perfect 10. The average rating was 6.9 out of 10. Every demographic group rated it highly, with the most enthusiastic being girls 17 and younger (rating it 8.1 out of 10), women 45 and older (7.4) and men 45 and older (6.7).
As of June 22, 2008, Then She Found Me had grossed $1,418,643 in a five weeks' screening in Australia, and it did $917,282 in its first 29 days in Italy; Its total worldwide gross was $5,720,746.
During the summer of 2008 it was scheduled to open in France, the UK/Ireland/Malta, the Netherlands, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Algeria, Monaco, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Ireland and Malta.Flawless Grosses $5,132,107 Worldwide Through June 29 Blue Rider Bridge Loans financed the British thriller Flawless, in which Michael Caine and Demi Moore pull off a brilliant corporate diamond heist in 1960s London. After playing for 12 weeks in Spain, the caper flick had grossed $2,295,114.
Flawless opened in North America at 35 theatres on March 28 and grossed $181,910 in its initial three-day weekend, for a very healthy per-screen average of $5,197. It ranked #37 among the top 50 theatrical releases from March 28-March 30.
In its 14th week in release (through June 29) it had grossed $1,187,519 in North America, rated #82 among the movies currently in theatres and was still showing on five screens. Its foreign gross through June 29 was $3,944,588 and its worldwide total was $5,132,107.
In its first 84 days playing in Brazil (Apr. 11-June 22, 2008), Flawless grossed $1,518,622. It grossed $127,179 in its first three days on Mexican screens. It opened in Iceland on June 11 ane was scheduled to bow in France and several former French territories at a date yet to be determined.
Flawless came out on DVD on June 3, 2008.I Could Never Be Your Woman Brings in $24.9 Million Amy Heckerling’s $30-million romantic comedy I Could Never Be Your Woman, starring Michelle Pfeiffer, Paul Rudd and Tracey Ullman (to which Blue Rider funded a Working Capital Loan) grossed $3.84 million in its first week of DVD rental (Feb. 11-17), ranking #10 in North America. After seven weeks (through Mar. 30, 2008) it had brought in $15.51 million in rentals and ranked #50 among rental DVDs.
As of June 29, 2008, it was screening or had screened in 29 countries in Europe, South America, Asia and Africa, with a total theatrical boxoffice gross of $9,384,588.
After its first 86 days on Mexican screens (as of 6/22) it had grossed $1,598,354, and it had brought in $1,194,232 in its three-month Brazilian run. It grossed $629,098 in Poland, $596,569 in Belgium/Luxembourg, $533,676 in Portugal/Angola, $393,980 in Russia/CIS, $357,104 in Turkey, $302,572 in Argentina, $204,516 in Hungary, $192,542 in Hong Kong, $176,894 in Greece, $170,045 in The Netherlands and $142,461 in Italy. On June 29, it was still playing in Peru (grossing $47,419 in its first four days) and in the United Arab Emirates (doing $87,545 in its first 11 days).
In July 2007 it opened at #2 in Spain, behind Spider Man 3.
Worldwide gross, including foreign boxoffice and North American DVD was $24.89 million through June 29, 2008.
Through June 17, 2008, nearly 72.9% of the 2,896 people who rated it at The Internet Movie Database (IMDb.com) gave it positive ratings, with 12.1% rating it a perfect 10. All demographic groups liked it, with the most enthusiastic being females 17 and younger (rating it 8.1 out of 10), males 17 and younger (7.0), and women 45 and older (6.8). Women liked it more than men did.The Flock Tops $4,873,359 in 25 Countries Blue Rider Bridge Financed the upcoming crime action thriller The Flock, starring Richard Gere, Claire Danes and Canadian singing superstar Avril Lavigne. Gere plays a soon-to-retire, federal agent who, while training his replacement, must track down a paroled sex offender before a young missing girl is murdered.
As of June 29, 2008, The Flock had earned $4,873,359 in 25 foreign markets, with the biggest-grossing being Spain ($2,710,004), Brazil ($749,924), Turkey ($252,285) and Thailand ($210,273). In Argentina it did $187,073 in seven weeks. On June 29 it was still playing in Portugal and Angola and had brought in $59,567 in its first 11 days. It was scheduled for release in Denmark and U.K./Ireland/Malta at dates to be announced.
The DVD came out in North America on May 20, 2008.
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